spring is here...and the rain

I noticed today coming up Newberry (after getting a bottle of RELAX) that everything seemed to start blooming last night. When I was cutting the grass yesterday, I noticed that the irises under the deck have flower stalks that came out of nowhere, and the tulips just started blooming yesterday. Today the irises around the neighborhood are blooming (but not mine), there are more tulips blooming, the dianthus, which has been trying to bloom for a couple of weeks, has five flowers now, and the verbena on the deck has has half of a cluster blooming today, . I just noticed last night that it was even going to bloom. I didn't expect it until at least June, so it's a pleasant surprise. :)
And it's raining again, so the new crabapple tree is getting some water without me carrying a bucket out there to it!